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Rathi opened her eyes from her sleep, it was quite a pleasant nap she had. After knowing all the secrets that were being buried along with the deaths of all the innocent people, her people she didn’t have any special nightmares. But her traumatized mind is still the same, she couldn’t think anything properly. Her mind has gone blank. The thought that death is waiting for her at the doorstep and anything can happen at any moment turned her hopeless.

She came out of the house and saw the evening skies drizzling, the mud, the high stone walls, and the flowers in full bloom were all damp. She sat down on the stairs and all she could think after all this happened in her life was, whether Aadhiyan is still here.

But where she could search him, even if he sees and hears me, how could I sense him? So Rathi sat there silently, her eyes fixed on the dripping water from the palm shed before the house.

As she guessed, Aadhiyan was sitting next to her and watching her wit